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snouty en · ADJ

Etymology

From snout + -y.

Meanings

1. Marked by a prominent snout.
   • Dr. Kays is applying the tracking system to explore the dynamic ménage à trois among the island’s population of ocelots; the ruddy, snouty rodents called agoutis; and the island’s towering and thickly buttressed Dipteryx trees. 2009 February 3, Natalie Angier, “GPS for Forest Creatures on the Move”, in New York Times:
2. Shaped like a snout, especially a pig's.

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